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“I definitely have the eye of the tiger. I’ve fought my way to where I am and will continue to do so. I’m a hard worker - I get it from my family. We only know work. Nothing was handed to us. When I believe in something, I go after it. It’s very hard to tell me ‘no.’”

Nicole Scherzinger was born on June 29 in Honolulu, and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. Her father is of Filipino descent, from Batanes Island, Philippines. Her mother has Native Hawaiian and Ukrainian ancestry. She is of Filipino, Native Hawaiian, and Ukrainian descent. While attending a performing arts high school, she won the Coca-Cola Classic Talent Contest and performed in many plays at The Actors Theatre of Louisville. She then furthered her studies majoring in theater arts at Wright State University before entering the premiere season of the WB’s television show, Popstars (2000), where she earned the role of lead vocalist in the female pop group, “Eden’s Crush”. After reaching one-hit wonder success with girl group Eden’s Crush, she signed with Interscope Records in 2003 as a member of the Pussycat Dolls, a burlesque troupe turned-recording act. Throughout a career spanning 15 years, she has sold 16 million records as a solo artist, and a further 54 million with Pussycat Dolls, making the group one of the best-selling girl groups of all time. Since her first chart entry in 2005, Scherzinger has also scored 20 top 20 hits on the UK Singles Chart. Outside of her work in the entertainment industry, Scherzinger is involved in charitable activities including her work as an ambassador for the Special Olympics. Also helping in a recent campaign to stop the building of telescopes on our sacred Mauna Kea on Hawaii. Big ups to sista @nicolescherzy

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“I keep having to pinch myself to make sure I’m actually awake. The Oscars are so big – they’re huge … I’m totally humbled and ecstatic. No words are enough to explain … it’s like, wow. It’s absolutely incredible.” - after finding out about her Academy Award nomination.

Keisha Castle-Hughes was born on 24 March 1990 in Donnybrook, Western Australia, to a Māori mother, Desrae Hughes, and Tim Castle, an Anglo-Australian father. In 2003, Castle-Hughes made her debut in the film Whale Rider, in which she played the main role of Paikea Apirana (Pai). Due to not having any previous acting experience, she went directly from her Auckland school classroom to the film set when the shoot began in New Zealand in late 2001. Castle-Hughes received widespread critical acclaim for her performance, and in 2004 she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress at the 76th Academy Awards. Although she did not win the Best Actress award (it went to Charlize Theron for Monster), at age 13 she became the youngest person nominated in this category at the time and the second Polynesian actress, after Jocelyne LaGarde, to be nominated for an Oscar. Since she made her film debut, Castle-Hughes has appeared in various films including Hey, Hey, It’s Esther Blueburger, Piece of My Heart and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. She also played the main role of the Virgin Mary in the 2006 film The Nativity Story. In 2015 she joined the cast of the HBO TV series Game of Thrones in Season 5 as Obara Sand.

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